Janelle Nadeau is a nationally renowned harpist who has shared the stage with music luminaries including Diana Krall, Harry Connick Jr, The Who, Kanye West and more. Her awe-inspiring performances led to her role as the principle harpist with the Vancouver Opera Orchestra, performances at the World Harp Congress, American Harp Society Conference, Celebrity Cruises, the National Youth Symphony of Canada and beyond. With a palpable warmth and charming sense of humour, she is just as engaging a presence between songs as she is performing them.
Her musicianship has also been recognized on the competitive circuit. She has won both first and second place in the Winnipeg Women’s Musical Club Competition and a place in the British Columbia regional finals in CBC’s Annual Searchlight Competition. Upon graduation from the prestigious Harp Performance Program at the University of British Columbia, Janelle spent a decade touring across Western Canada with the acclaimed Celtic, medieval, and classical music group Winter Harp, whose performances have become Christmastime tradition for many. Janelle’s holiday album “Star of Night” received international praise with critics referring to the album as a new holiday classic.
Janelle has been one of Vancouver’s most sought after performers for years for events and weddings. Elevate your event with Vancouver’s renown musician. From classical to pop and everything in between, she will help create everlasting memories for your and your guests.
STYLE(S): classical, jazz, pop, Celtic/traditional
INSTRUMENTAL or VOCAL: Both
OTHER CONFIGURATIONS: Can perform as a soloist or with other instruments including flute, guitar, vocals and violin
Janelle Nadeau is a nationally renowned harpist who has shared the stage with music luminaries including Diana Krall, Harry Connick Jr, The Who, Kanye West and more. Her awe-inspiring performances led to her role as the principle harpist with the Vancouver Opera Orchestra, performances at the World Harp Congress, American Harp Society Conference, Celebrity Cruises, the National Youth Symphony of Canada and beyond. With a palpable warmth and charming sense of humour, she is just as engaging a presence between songs as she is performing them.
Her musicianship has also been recognized on the competitive circuit. She has won both first and second place in the Winnipeg Women’s Musical Club Competition and a place in the British Columbia regional finals in CBC’s Annual Searchlight Competition. Upon graduation from the prestigious Harp Performance Program at the University of British Columbia, Janelle spent a decade touring across Western Canada with the acclaimed Celtic, medieval, and classical music group Winter Harp, whose performances have become Christmastime tradition for many. Janelle’s holiday album “Star of Night” received international praise with critics referring to the album as a new holiday classic.
Janelle has been one of Vancouver’s most sought after performers for years for events and weddings. Elevate your event with Vancouver’s renown musician. From classical to pop and everything in between, she will help create everlasting memories for your and your guests.
STYLE(S): classical, jazz, pop, Celtic/traditional
INSTRUMENTAL or VOCAL: Both
OTHER CONFIGURATIONS: Can perform as a soloist or with other instruments including flute, guitar, vocals and violin
Air on a G String (Bach)
All I Ask of You
All Of Me (jazz standard)
All of Me (John Legend)
All Through the Night
Allegro Maestoso (from Water Music)
Always on My Mind
Amazing Grace
Angel of Music (from Phantom Of The Opera)
Annie’s Song (John Denver)
Arioso (J.S. Bach)
As the Deer
Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
Ave Maria (Schubert)
Be Unto Your Name
Beauty and the Beast Theme Song
Better Together (Jack Johnson)
Bittersweet Symphony
Blackbird
Bridal Chorus (Wagner)
Bridge Over Troubled Water
Bridget Cruise
Can You Feel the Love Tonight
Candle on the Water
Can’t Help Falling in Love
Castle of Dromore
Chasing Cars
Circle in the Sand
Clocks
Come Away With Me
Danny Boy
Fly Me To The Moon
From This Moment On
Forest Gump – Feather Theme (main theme)
Gratitude
Greensleeves
Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen)
Happy (Pharrell Williams)
Hello (Adele)
Here Comes the Sun (The Beatles)
Here There and Everywhere (The Beatles)
Ho Hey!
I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing (Aerosmith)
I Want to Hold Your Hand (Beatles)
I will Be Right Here Waiting For You
I Swear
I Love How you Love Me
If We Hold On Together
It Feels Like Home
I’m Yours
I’ve Just Seen A Face (The Beatles)
Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring
La Valse D’Amelie
La vie en rose (Edith Piaf)
Last Rose of Summer (Traditional Irish)
Let There Be Love
Lean on Me
L-O-V-E
Love Me Tender
Martin Wynnd’s Air
Marry You- Bruno Mars
Meditation from “Thais”- Massenet
My Heart Will Go On
Moon River
Morning Has Broken
Nothing’s Gonna Change My Love For You
Pachabel’s Canon in D
Pie Jesu
Right Here Waiting
Romeo and Juliet (Love theme)
Save the Best for Last
She Moves Through the Fair
She
Shenandoah
Somewhere Out There
Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Spanish Eyes
Speak Softly, Love
Spring: First Movement by Vivaldi
Star of the County Down
Stairway to Heaven
Stay With Me (Sam Smith)
Take My Breath Away
Tango to Evora (Loreena McKennitt)
To Make You Feel My Love (Adele)
The Music of the Night
The Moon Represents my Heart
The Prayer
The Rose
The Scientiest (Coldplay)
The Swan (Le Cygne) (Saint-Saens)
The Way You Look Tonight
The Wind Beneath My Wings
Think of Me
Thinking Out Loud (Ed Sheeran)
A Thousand Years (Christina Perri)
Time After Time
Trumpet Tune and Air (Purcell)
Unchained Melody
Unfailing Love
Unforgettable
Viva La Vida
Water Spirit
Wedding March (Mendelssohn)
What a Wonderful World
You Are My Sunshine
Your Song